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Show THEATRE MEN MEET LEADER President H. E. Skinner of Ogden Presides at S. L. Meeting Problems having to do with state and national organization activities were discussed t a meeting of theatre owners held at gait Unki- Thursday afternoon, according to IF. K Skinner of Ogden, president of tin Utah State Motion I'ieture owners' organl.-itlon Preside nt Skinner said today that A I M oeller, general manuger of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners .t imcrlca paid compliment to the theatre owners of Utah in their organizing or-ganizing In -the "purification" of dims Mr. Moeller. with Mrs. Moeller is making a tour of the country for the purpose of getting more closely In touch with the members of the or-1 ga nlzntlon. Among the problems discussed yes- terdny were the alleged unjust practices prac-tices of the producers and distributors, distribut-ors, the "trustification" of the Industry In-dustry by the producers and distributors distrib-utors and also the activities of the public service department of the motion mo-tion picture Industry Mr. Moeller predicted that the time will come when tf-xtbnoks In the Schools would be written to be used In conjunction with reels of film and said that the motion picture theater owners of the country should pro-pare pro-pare themselves to take steps to adapt themsel ve.s to the change Thirty -five representatives from different parts of the- state were In attendance. nn |